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Every 40 minutes, there is a UK hospitalisation due a food allergy. Behind that statistic are real people – customers who place their trust in hospitality venues to not just serve great food, but to keep them safe. That responsibility has never been more pressing. Food allergies are on the rise, expectations are shifting, and … Continued
Allergen management is a critical trust issue across the hospitality industry. Our Head of Regulatory Affairs, Frankie Douglas, shared with The Staff Canteen why transparency, technology, and team training are key to keeping guests safe. The food and the service always take centre stage in hospitality, but it’s trust that forms the foundation of everything, … Continued
Menu engineering is an approach which hospitality venues such as restaurants and cafes take to optimise their menus for profit, marketability and sustainability. By continually analysing the popularity of dishes, which ingredients are used, and the design of the menu itself, businesses can develop and promote dishes which represent the best possible mark-up and profit … Continued
Nutritics have announced a new partnership with Brakes, the UK’s leading foodservice provider. Nutritics and Brakes have joined forces to launch a one-stop solution called “Virtual Chef Online”, an advanced, groundbreaking suite of online recipe and menu management tools for foodservice operators including: The partnership will provide an exciting opportunity for food businesses to ensure … Continued
The Natasha’s Allergy Research Foundation has set up a £2.2m clinical trial aiming to improve treatment of allergies. The study will examine whether commonly available peanut and milk products can be used as an alternative to expensive pharmaceutical drugs to ‘desensitise’ patients with allergies. If successful, it could make life easier for people with food … Continued
It is always a pleasure to attend the Nutrition Society meetings. The quality of research presented is inspirational. We are very proud of our University College Dublin undergraduate Human Nutrition Students, who had the opportunity to present their research on portion size photography. Congratulations to both of them and to the other undergraduate students who … Continued
After an understandable sales dip during COVID and numerous national lockdowns, food to go has bounced back with more people travelling for work and leisure. Last year, Lumina Intelligence’s annual 2022 UK Food To Go report’ predicted that the value of the market will rise by 31.8% to £21.3 billion, whilst recent data from the … Continued
In April 2022, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) emphasised that the only hope of ensuring a “liveable future” for humanity is to slash carbon emissions almost in half within less than a decade, and having a climate friendly menu strategy is a key factor in this. What we eat has an enormous role … Continued
European Union rules on nutrition and health claims are established by Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006. This Regulation has been applied since the 1st of July 2007. If you make a nutrition or health claim on your product, you must comply with this regulation. The objective of the rules is to ensure that any claim made on a … Continued
Introduction Nutritics’ vision is to be the world’s most trusted food data management software, delivering valuable insights that enable better informed food choices. The team at Nutritics is unique in its commitment to high-quality, trustworthy data that undergoes rigorous quality assurance processes before it can be accepted into the system. We’re dedicated to continuous innovation, … Continued